Shipping-crate



LfH. HOCKSPEIER.

SHIPPING CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE IS, IQZO. 1,381,193. Patented June 14, 1921.

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SHIPPING-CRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 14 192 Application filedJune 15, 1920. Serial No. 389,170.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that l, LOUIS H. I'IOCKSPEIER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Hampton, in the county of Chickasaw and State ofIowa, have invented anew and useful Shipping-Crate, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to shipping crates, and more particularlyto shipping crates of the foldable type, whereby the side walls of thecrate may be moved into engagement with each other to provide a smalland compact article, to facilitate the shipment thereof.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a crate of thischaracter which will be especially adapted for shipping sewing machines,graphophones or the like, the crate being of a construction to bereadily and easily moved to its extended position.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for hingedlyconnecting the sections so that the sections may be locked againstunauthorized persons moving the same in an attempt to remove the articlebeing shipped.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a side elevational viewof a crate constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 illustrates an end elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 illustrates an end elevational view of the opposite end of thecrate.

Fig. 4 illustrates a plan view of the crate.

Fig. 5 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental detail view of the means for securing one end ofthe crate to the ends of the side sections.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the crate forming the subjectmatter of the present invention includes a pair of side walls indicatedgenerally by the reference characters 5 and 6 respectively, each ofwhich sections includes top and bottom rails 7 and 8, end bars 9 and 10,cross bars 11, and a diagonally disposed bracing bar 12, the bars havingtheir ends connected to the end bars 9 and 10, inv any suitable manner.

The crate also includes the end walls indicated generally by thereference characters 13 and 14:, each of which end walls comprises upperbars 15, lower bars 16 and side bars 17, the side bars being connectedby the diagonally disposed bars 18, and as shown, the diagonallydisposed bar 18 of one end wall lies in a plane opposite to the plane ofthe diagonally disposed bar 18 of the opposite end wall, the ends of thediagonally disposed bars 18 being mortised in the side bars 17 in. amanner to prevent movement thereof, with relation to the sidebars.

Each of the end walls is also provided with an inwardly extending frameindicated by the reference character 19, which frames are of sizes to itwithin. the end of the crate proper to provide shoulders for contactingwith the side walls of the crate for maintaining the side walls inproper spaced relation with each other.

The end wall 13 fits within one end of the crate, and is provided withthe eyes 20 adapted to receive the heel: portions of the hook members21, which are carried by the side walls of the crate, by means of thescrew eyes 22, a hasp being however, secured to this end wall 18, as at23, so that the portion 24 thereof, will overlie the staple 25, so thatthe end wall 13 may be securely locked to the side walls of the crate.

Disposed adjacent to the lower end of the end wall 13 are the screw eyes26 adapted to accommodate the hook members 27 carried by the side walls,wherebythe lower end of the end wall 13 is secured against displacement. 1

The end wall 14: ishingedly connected to one of the side walls of thecrate as by means of the hinges 28, there being provided openingsdisposed adjacent to the opposite edge of the end wall 14, whichopenings receive the bolts 29, which bolts 29 accommodate the nuts 30 onthe threaded extremities thereof for securing this edge of the end wall14 to the crate.

These bolts 29 are also provided with the nuts 31 for securing the boltsto the side walls of the crate in a manner to prevent displacementthereof, during shipment, the nuts 31 being designed to seat themselvesin the cut out portions 32 of the end wall 14:.

Formed in the lower bars of each of the side Walls, adjacent to the endsthereof, are the cut out portions 33, the cut out portions of one sidewall being disposed opposite to the cut out portions formed in theopposite side Wall, so that the ribs carried by the removable bottom 35,may seat therein in a manner to prevent movement of the bottom withrelation to the crate.

in order that the upper portions of the end walls will be secured inproper spaced relation With each other, a bar 36 is provided, which barhas extensions 37 formed at the ends thereof, which extensions are constructed to fit Within the out out portions 38 formed in the end Walls13 and 14.

li rom the foregoing it is obvious that the hasp 2% may be locked, bymeans of an ordinary padlock, and that by removing the nuts 30 and thehook members 27, the sections of the box may be folded to closely engageeach other, forming a compact receptacle for return shipment.

/Vhat is claimed as. new is 1. Ina folding crate side Walls and. endWflllS; each of the end Walls having an in- Wardly extending framecontacting With the Wall thereto, and a removable end Wall disposedwithin the opposite end of the crate.

2. In a folding crate, slde Wells and end walls, one of said end'wallsbeing hingedly' connected to one of the side Walls, means for securingthe end Wall to the opposite side Walls, a removable end Wall disposedbetween the side walls, each of the end Walls having a cut out portion,a bar having extensions formed on the ends thereof, and said extensionsadapted to be positioned Within the cut out portions of the end Wallsfor embracing the upper portions of the end Walls. V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LOUIS l-I. HOCKSPEIER.

Witnesses Jos. W. Kninonn, T. J. McOAn'rnY.

